William Thickson Jr married Ann Cooperider on 26 Dec 1837 in Jefferson County, Indiana. William is recorded as Jr to differentiate him from his uncle who is also living in Jefferson County.
In the 1840 US Federal Census for Republican, Jefferson, Indiana, William Thickston has in his household two males under five, one male between thirty and forty (himself), one female under five, one female between fifteen and twenty, one female between twenty and thirty (his wife Ann Cooperider) and one female between sixty and seventy (his mother Mary McCaslin Snodgrass Thickston).
In the 1860 US Federal Census for Republican, Jefferson, Indiana, 50-year old [sic] Kentucky-born William Thicksten [sic] owns $3,500-worth of real estate and $600-worth of personal property. He and his 48-year-old Kentucky-born wife, Ann [Cooperrider] Thickston have in their household their 21-year-old indiana-born daughter, Rebecca A Thickston.
In the 1870 US Federal Census for Republican, Jefferson, Indiana, 58-year old Kentucky-born William Thickston owns $4000-worth of real estate and $750-worth of personal property. William is a farmer and his wife, 58-year-old, Indiana-born [sic] Ann {Cooperider] is "keeping house". William is a male citizen aged over 21 years.